exact

/ig-ˈzakt/

Middle English exacten "to require as payment," borrowed from Latin exāctus, past participle of exigere "to drive out, achieve, enforce payment of or the performance of (a task), require, inquire into, examine" from ex- + agere "to drive (cattle), be in motion, do, perform"

verb

  1. to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain

  2. to call for as necessary or desirable

from them has been exacted the ultimate sacrifice

demand claim require exact mean to ask or call for something as due or as necessary. demand implies peremptoriness and insistence and often the right to make requests that are to be regarded as commands. claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right.

adjective

  1. exhibiting or marked by strict, particular, and complete accordance with fact or a standard

  2. marked by thorough consideration or minute measurement of small factual details

correct accurate exact precise nice right mean conforming to fact, standard, or truth. correct usually implies freedom from fault or error. accurate implies fidelity to fact or truth attained by exercise of care.

noun

  1. a differential expression of the form X1dx1 + … + Xndxn where the X's are the partial derivatives of a function f(x1, …, xn) with respect to x1, …, xn respectively